Legal Opinion
Sea Search Armada v. Republic of Colombia
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided October 24, 2011No. Civil Action No. 2010-2083PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JAMES E. BOASBERG, District Judge.
The Complaint in this case reads like the marriage between a Patrick O’Brian glorious-age-of-sail novel and a John Buchan potboiler of international intrigue. According to the narrator, in September 1984, Plaintiff Sea Search Armada entered an agreement with the Republic of Colombia to recover sunken treasure from the site of an ancient shipwreck. Under the agreement, SSA would receive a specified share of the booty in exchange for retrieving the valuables from the ocean floor. At Colombia’s request, SSA disclosed the precise location of the…
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